1839/8 $10 Type of 1838 MS(PCGS#8576)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

1208

Erhaltungsgrad

AU53

Preis

6.000

Losbeschreibung

This handsome piece exhibits subtle pale pink highlights to dominant honey-olive color. Traces of prooflike reflectivity are seen in the protected areas around the design elements, which display appreciable luster in a softly frosted texture. Sharply defined throughout the focal points, with few singularly mentionable marks on lightly abraded surfaces. The 1839 Type of 1838 eagle is a very scarce coin in all grades, with perhaps just under 250 examples known, the vast majority of which are well circulated. While just a hair more available than the first year of issue, there is quite a bit of competition between type collectors and classic period gold specialists when an example appears for sale, regardless of condition. As an attractive AU-53 certified by NGC, this is a particularly desirable specimen that will attract significant attention from advanced numismatists.